Re: [TCLUG:4397] Ethernet NICs

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

The Netgear 10/100 pci adapters go for as little at $29!  Bulk orders of
20 work out to be $24!

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Jim Raney wrote:

> On both of my PCs (both running Redhat 5.2 w/ 2.2.2 kernel) I use 3Com
> 905b 10/100 PCI cards with no problems at all. They can be had for as
> little as $50 if you look around. I couldn't tell you about the
> EtherExpress cards as I've never used them.  As far as Linksys goes I use
> a 5-port 100mb Stackpro hub (about $70-$80), one of thier 10mb Instant
> Ethernet Workgroup hubs (about $35) and a 2-port Stackpro 10/100 switch
> (about $100) to tie the two speeds together (laptop and sparc only run at
> 10mb).  I haven't had any real problems with any of the equipment, but
> since they're unmanaged I can't really pull any SNMP values out to quote
> collision rates, etc.  
> 
> 
> Jim Raney
> SysAdmin, Citilink Internet
> 
> On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> 
> > Greet the sun all,
> > 
> > I am putting together a new box and started looking around at FastEthernet
> > NICs.  I found some Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+ cards for a decent price.
> > I did not find that exact card on the Hardware Compatibility list for RH
> > 5.2 nor comments pro/con on the LinuxHardware.net site.  Anybody have
> > experience with them?  While on the subject, I know there has been some
> > postings expressing their displeasure with NetGear, how about LinkSys?  I
> > am also casting around for a 4-port Ethernet 10/100 or Ethernet 100 hub.
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > Perry Hoekstra - dutchman@mn.uswest.net
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